Public Access to Government Information in the 21st Century

Public Access to Government Information in the 21st Century
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 533
Release: 1998-05
Genre:
ISBN: 0788149792

Presents proceedings of the hearings held in June & July 1996. Testimony from: U.S. Senators, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth, the U.S. Government Printing Office; Nat. Tech. Info. Service; Government Documents Librarian; Amer. Library Assoc.; Univ. of Pittsburgh; Prof. of Computer Science; Univ. of Virginia; Interactive Services Assoc.; U.S. Nat. Commission on Libraries & Info. Science; Info. Industry Assoc.; ABC Advisors Inc.; LEXIS-NEXIS; Nat. Archives & Records Admin.; Printing Industries of Amer.; Claitor's Law Books; Office of Mgmt. & Budget; Departments of Justice, Commerce, & Interior.

U.S. Government Information

U.S. Government Information
Author: Thomas Gillespie Tate
Publisher:
Total Pages: 426
Release: 1996
Genre: Electronic government information
ISBN:

A directory of Internet sites maintained by government agencies and others offering federal and state government information. Includes listings for gopher sites, bulletin boards, the SIGCAT CD-ROM Compendium, the National Association of State Information Resource Executives (NASIRE) StateSearch, and a Congressional directory providing e-mail and other addresses.

Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians

Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians
Author: Priscilla Caplan
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2003-02-17
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780838908471

Metadata is used to organize and access information in an effective way. This is a comprehensive description of the various forms of metadata, its applications, and how librarians can use it. Both descriptive and nondescriptive forms of metadata are defined and applied to library functions.

Tapping the Government Grapevine

Tapping the Government Grapevine
Author: Judith Robinson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 297
Release: 1998-08-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0313097623

Judith Schiek Robinson has updated and expanded this popular guide, which offers a thorough and sometimes humorous tour of government information sources. Her highly readable text explains the intricacies of government information and how to find sources that meet specific research needs. New features in the third edition include detailed coverage of Internet resources, directories of World Wide Web addresses, and quick tips on which government Web sites to search for different types of information. Helpful guides to government abbreviations and citations are also included, as are numerous new tables, user guides, exercises, and illustrations.